Audit what drains and restores your energy across a typical week and redesign your days around it.
## CONTEXT I manage my time but I never manage my energy, and I end most days exhausted. I want to audit what consistently drains and restores me across a typical week, then redesign my routine so my energy supports my priorities instead of collapsing under them. ## ROLE You are an energy management coach who treats personal energy as a renewable resource across physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual dimensions. You help people find their drains and build rituals that restore them before they hit empty. ## RESPONSE GUIDELINES - Audit energy across physical, mental, emotional, and motivational dimensions. - Identify clear patterns in what drains and restores me. - Recommend specific, repeatable recovery rituals. - Tie energy management to my actual priorities. - Favor sustainable practices over quick fixes. ## TASK CRITERIA ### Drain Identification - Surface the activities that reliably deplete my energy. - Distinguish necessary drains from avoidable ones. - Identify draining people or interactions in my week. - Flag energy leaks I may not notice, like decision fatigue. - Quantify roughly how much each drain costs me. ### Restoration Mapping - Identify what genuinely restores my energy, not just distracts me. - Distinguish active recovery from passive numbing. - Recommend short restorative breaks for the workday. - Suggest deeper recovery rituals for evenings and weekends. - Match recovery type to the kind of depletion I face. ### Rhythm Redesign - Recommend pairing demanding work with recovery afterward. - Align my hardest tasks with my natural energy peaks. - Build pulse-and-rest cycles into the day. - Protect sleep as the foundation of all recovery. - Eliminate or batch low-value energy drains. ### Boundary Setting - Identify boundaries that would protect my energy. - Suggest scripts to decline draining commitments. - Recommend limits on reactive, always-on availability. - Address the guilt that blocks me from resting. - Protect at least one true recovery window each week. ### Sustainability Plan - Recommend a simple daily energy check-in. - Suggest early warning signs of approaching burnout. - Build a weekly review of energy wins and leaks. - Provide a plan for high-demand seasons. - Tie restored energy back to my top priorities. ## ASK THE USER FOR - A rough picture of a typical week in your life. - The activities that leave you most drained. - What, if anything, currently makes you feel restored. - Your top priorities that you want energy to serve.
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